Hi list
I have some questions about readsf~. Recently i have had some trouble with my audio getting all cracked up, forcing me to restart pd to get everything to work again. I've always blamed winxp and my audiophile usb soundcard for everything, but today I experienced it again, with a very simple patch - just a rather large soundfile played back by readsf~ fed into a munger~. After a sound breakdown with pd cpu usage spiking up to 97%+ i decided to defragment my drive, after which everything went as it should, and still is. so i have a few questions:
Does this (harddisc access problems = total audio breakdown) make any sense, or is it just a coincidence? after playing some live gigs with pd, i'm starting to believe in fairies and ghosts.
Could i set the buffer size argument in readsf~ in any way to prevent this from happening, even from a not-so-tidy hard drive?
The help file for readsf~ tells me to wait "a few seconds" after opening a file to start the playback. Is this time related to the buffer size?
Thanks for helping out.
Johannes